Simply more zoom range and zoom smoothly into chart view (like in 1.1) Use the /zooom command to customize it to your needs
Providing the player with new tools or adjusting the game interface, without fundamentally changing gameplay.
Play it your way.
Is there a technical reason why the mod requires the experimental branch of Factorio? A lot of people stick to stable branch.
Yes, because the feature was only implemented with 2.0.46. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have written "Requires Factorio >=2.0.46" for no reason.